Mike Gerdts writes: > I've definitely seen this and perhaps it speaks for a need for a clear > pointer to the Sun Managers mailing list. Perhaps a read-only jive > gateway to Sun Managers list would be beneficial.
Yes. > Please don't lump those people in with the people that primarily use > Solaris (10 and earlier) and are hoping to engage the community to > help shape OpenSolaris. From a practical standpoint, these people are > likely trying to shape OpenSolaris to get favorite bug fixes or > features in Solaris. So long as its give and take (not take and take) > I see it as beneficial to OpenSolaris. Agreed, and that's the hard part. As long as the customers are quite clear that they're talking to the development team that's working on some future release, and that these people aren't the ones who ordinarily render what you'd call "support," I think it's great to see them there. They can add valuable perspective and requirements that others participating cannot. However, when they're saying, "foo doesn't work; is this a known problem?" or "how do I set up this configuration?" then they need to be redirected. In other words, they have to understand that OpenSolaris is not, in fact, Solaris. Despite everything that's just been said on this thread. :-/ -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
